Krishnam Raju

Krishnam Raju
Raju in 2016
Minister of State Government of India
In office 30 September 2000 – 22 May 2004
Ministry	Term
Minister of Rural Development	29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution	1 July 2002 – 29 January 2003
Minister of Defence	22 July 2001 – 1 July 2002
Minister of External Affairs	30 September 2000 – 22 July 2001
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Kanumuru Bapi Raju
Succeeded by	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah
Constituency	Narasapuram
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	Gopal Krishna Thota
Succeeded by	Mudragada Padmanabham
Constituency	Kakinada
Personal details
Born	Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (1940-01-20)20 January 1940 Mogalthur, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died	11 September 2022(2022-09-11) (aged 82) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Praja Rajyam Party
Spouse(s)	Seeta Devi (died) Syamaladevi (m. 1996)
Children	3
Relatives	U. Suryanarayana Raju (brother) Prabhas (nephew)
Occupation	Actor, politician

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was born in Mogalthur, then-British India. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1998 until 2004 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His first acting role was in the 1966 movie Chilaka Gorinka.

Raju died on 11 September 2022 in Hyderabad, India from problems caused by pneumonia while recovering from COVID-19 at the age of 82.